Throughout 1989, Iowa City celebrated its 150th birthday – with the biggest celebration coming on May 4-5-6. But earlier – throughout that same year – the Iowa City Press-Citizen published various articles surrounding the sesquicentennial celebration, and here, we offer an intriguing 8-page overview that was published on February 17, 1989 – entitled… Chronology – a chronological listing of area businesses complete with trivia questions spanning Iowa City’s 150-year history.
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